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This summer, the eyes of the whole world will be on London, so Celebrating Sanctuary London 2012 will be unleashing three free amazing events across London during Refugee Week (http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk):

Sunday 17 June on the South Bank

Friday 22 June at the V&A

Saturday 23 June at Rich Mix

On Friday, 22 June, Celebrating Sanctuary London and the Victoria and Albert Museum are partnering up to create a truly special celebration forRefugee Week 2012: Casablanca – the movie, and its related moral and human struggles will come to life in the extraordinary and beautiful settings of the V&A. Optional dress code: black & white, just like the movie.

The iconic Casablanca premiered 70 years ago. It powerfully and poignantly played with themes of flight, refuge, identity, romance, Morocco, North Africa and, of course, piano music. And that’s the inspiration for this ‘North Africa and the Middle East meet Europe’ event at the V&A which explores refugee and migrant experience from the 1940s into the 21st century.

The event will feature free screenings of the film, introduced by journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed, and a triptych of grand pianos played by refugee artists around the museum – three amazing reincarnations of Sam in Rick’s café.